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# <Basics /> Getting Started with Hasura

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        The Hasura GraphQL Engine is a blazingly-fast GraphQL server that gives you instant, real-time GraphQL APIs over many popular databases and other data sources.
        
        
        You can quickly get started with Hasura by using <a href="https://cloud.hasura.io">Hasura Cloud</a>, our hosted platform, or by running 
        it on your own infrastructure.
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    <h4>Quick Links</h4>
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        <VersionedLink to="/getting-started/use-case/overview/">Get started using Hasura Cloud with one of our use case guides.</VersionedLink>
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        Get started using <VersionedLink to="/getting-started/docker-simple">Docker</VersionedLink> or check out one of our <VersionedLink to="/deployment/deployment-guides/index">deployment guides.</VersionedLink>
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        To learn more about the functionalities of Hasura, check out <VersionedLink to="/getting-started/how-it-works/index/">how it works</VersionedLink>.
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